- 332: Tactics
Just like this, hundreds of Golems clash and a big battle began.
A big war was unfolding right before our eyes.
We spectators might get dragged in it, so we were watching the battle from a pretty faraway location that allowed us to see the whole picture.
The view from there was truly a battle where you wash blood with blood…Well, the ones fighting there are Golems, so there’s no blood though. In substitute, clouds of dust were made as their rocky body was broken and the location was noisy.
The basic Golems of Uriel and Sasae-chan’s refined Goddess Golems had mixed and was in a chaotic state as they destroyed each other.
When the basic Golems destroy the head of the Goddess Golems with their fists, the Goddess Golems would sever the Basic ones with their swordhand.
Even when they are broken and fall, new ones are continuously made from the back, so destruction with destruction overlapped without showing signs of ending.
It is truly a battle; truly a war.
It was clearly a different type of battle to the ones we have experienced until now.
“It is kind of…scary!” (Karen)
Karen-san, who had overcome several trials and tribulations from the many giant monsters she has defeated, was feeling fear from this —this sight where Golems are being destroyed one after the other.
“Sasae is fighting in a way so that doesn’t destroy the Life Blocks of the enemy Golems. The Golems of Sasae were shaped from her divine power so, as long as Sasae herself is in good shape, they can come back as many times as they want. They are destined to return to the earth when their divine power is taken away.” (Mirack)
Mirack was watching this with a stout heart.
“But, this just…doesn’t feel right. As I thought, battles should be done one on one. Group battles don’t go with my nature.” (Mirack)
And she also said words that were truly fitting of a person of the Fire nation.
On the other hand…
“The cruel battlefield, the noise of drearily resounding clashes; conflicts truly make the heart of people race and stir!” (Celestis)
Celestis was saying some strange things.
“Why is it that I am shaken by this important war-like battle and compositions are flowing one after the other inside of me?! New songs are overflowing inside of me and are not stopping! At this rate, by the next live, I might be able to have one with all new songs!!” (Celestis)
“Incredible. This is also culture, isn’t it!!” (Gabriel)
And Gabriel once again rides on it.
“Let there be hot-bloodedness.” (Michael)
To finish, Michael mutters this with his arms crossed.
“I can only describe this battlefield with those words. I understand that this is too rough of a description and it doesn’t capture it all. In order to grasp and feel it all, I still need to learn a lot of words and values.” (Michael)
That’s right.
And then, after learning it all and being able to separate the things that are unnecessary, you will steadily take out the unnecessary parts and, in the end, you will return to those words again —Let there be hot-bloodedness.
“But the ones learning the most in this battle are the ones who are actually in it, Uriel and that hero girl. In this battle, just what will they learn and what kind of answer will they reach? I will be watching over this.” (Michael)
***
Time passed and the state of things was slowly tilting to one side.
Within the repetition of Basic Golems breaking and Goddess Golems breaking, the amount of times the Goddess Golems were being destroyed was slowly increasing.
It looked as if Uriel and Sasae-chan were making new Golems one after the other, but…as I thought, there’s no mistake. Uriel is slowly pushing it to his favour.
“Kukuku… What’s the matter? Aren’t your Golems brittle?” (Uriel)
“Kugh…-dasu!!” (Sasae)
Even from afar, we could see that the adult Sasae-chan had a strained expression.
“This is the reality! Unrelated to things like appearance and elegance; in the end, the true value of Golems is their strength! Rather than your Golems that have unnecessary things added to them, my Golems that are simply aimed at strength are stronger! That’s the simple reality!” (Uriel)
*Crash!
Another Goddess Golem broke from the punch of the regular Golem.
The same thing was occurring here and there in the battlefield.
“Not good-dasu! Retreat-dasu!!” (Sasae)
“Like I will let you!!” (Uriel)
Uriel’s Golems chase after the Goddess Golems that were retreating.
Does he plan on finishing it now?!
How impatient!
“It is because you make them in the shape of a feeble woman that the Golems themselves turn out feeble. As I thought, there’s no need for glamour in Golems! Utility is the true worth! Unnecessary factors that would affect it negatively should all be taken away!!” (Uriel)
…That Uriel, is he holding a grudge on ornamenting because his Golems were spoken ill of before the battle?
But this flow of things…is Uriel really the one in the advantage?
***
“Hey, these movements…!” (Celestis)
Even within the group of spectators, someone else had noticed it as well.
As expected, the literate Hydra Ville resident Celestis was the one.
“Isn’t it strange? At a glance, it looks as if Sasae-chi is the one being pushed back, but…!” (Celestis)
“It is not strange, is it? The Sasae army is actually being pushed back after all.” (Mirack)
“What a fool, Mirack-chi. Your brain really only works for one on one battles?!” (Celestis)
“Sasae-chan’s Golem army looks as if they are retreating, but they are actually extending their formation to the sides.” (Haine)
When I pointed this out, Celestis snapped her fingers.
“Right! On the other hand, Uriel’s Golem army is steadily stepping forward due to him chasing after Sasae-chi’s army!!” (Celestis)
The formation of Sasae’s army that has extended to the sides looked as if they were going to wrap Uriel’s army from left and right.
“The Crescent Formation.” (Haine)
“That Uriel! Did he get baited into a trap?!” (Michael)
Looks like Michael has also noticed it —the crafty scheme that Sasae-chan had prepared.
***
“What?! W-What is this?!” (Uriel)
By the time Uriel himself had noticed, it was already after the fact.
The half encirclement of Sasae’s army had already been finished and it had already become a disastrous scene where Uriel’s army was being beaten up.
The breaking of the Goddess Golems were simply used to bait him into a trap.
“The fourth daughter of Sobo-chan, Sano Oba-chan, told me this-dasu. ‘The specialty of women be pinning techniques’. That ye be the strongest after ya got ‘em down!” (Sasae)
Following that advice, she acted as if she were a weak girl, and when the man has lowered his guard, you constrict them to death like a snake.
Sasae-chan’s tactic worked well.
“One of dah teachings of the earth! ‘At first, like a maiden; in the end, like a predator’-dasu!!” (Sasae)
The Goddess Golems had already stopped their acting and had begun fighting back with all their strength.
The half encirclement had already been finished and the Sasae army could attack from many directions, so it gave her even more of an advantage; Uriel’s army who is the one taking the brunt of this was thrown into a predicament.
“Damn it! Damn it!!” (Uriel)